Senior Proposal Writer Jobs in Silver Spring, MD

Description

About Us: 

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well-being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow. 

Purpose and Scope:

If you are looking for an opportunity to make an impact in your everyday work and help the government find solutions to their biggest problems, eSimplicity has an opening for an experienced Senior Proposal Writer/Editor to join our Proposal Operations team. Our Senior Proposal Writer/Editor will not only plan, write, edit, and deliver winning proposal content in response to Federal solicitations to set our company apart from the pack in our proposal response and presentation, but you will also be directly involved in business development, Pre-RFP related activities (RFIs), and special projects (writing guides, marketing case studies), and rewarded for your part in helping our company grow. If you are passionate about writing, editing, and making an impact with modern technology solutions, we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

Proposal Writing:

• Interview and work with technical subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather, write, and translate technical information into clear, concise, and compelling proposal content for modern, agile, cloud-based systems.
• Review, revise, and coordinate technical proposal content from internal and partner SMEs for accuracy, messaging, themes, and consistency.
• Coach authors (SMEs) and provide iterative guidance to individual SMEs with writing assignments to make sections more compelling and easier to evaluate.
• Provide orientation and training for new proposal team members on proposal writing and processes.
• Collaborate with Proposal Managers on kickoff material to guide SMEs tasked with writing proposal sections.
• Participate in technical solution sessions to understand the proposed solutions and lead or support technical content development (depending on opportunity).
• Leverage technical writing best practices to help write and craft technical sections.
• Perform complete reviews of proposal content and graphics to ensure sections comply with Government requirements, contain win themes and strategy, and adhere to eSimplicity format and style criteria.
• Continuous improvement activities are recommended to refine writing processes and techniques as appropriate.
• Collaborate with Graphic Designers to develop graphics, including anchor graphics, diagrams, processes, etc.
• Adhere to corporate proposal-writing standards, style guides, and processes, and update as needed.

Editing: 

• Edit proposals to ensure a compliant and compelling final product for submission. Proofread content, grammar, style, and format per instructions. 
• Edit all technical content for accuracy, messaging, themes, and consistency.
• Edit proposals following eSimplicity's established styles in our Style Guide. 
• Update proofreading checklist. 
• Edit for "one-voice" to include readability, clarity, and responsiveness to requirements.
• Edit to help meet page count requirements. 
• Apply eSimplicity's brand messaging to all responses, including tone, style, and theme. 
• Identify content for reuse in the proposal content repository.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, English, Communications, or a related field. 
• 7+ years of relevant experience in solutioning session participation, technical content planning, strategy implementation, draft-to-final writing, and final editing on technical approaches to Federal procurements.
• Demonstrated experience writing technical content for prime Federal IT systems development opportunities greater than $30M. Experienced in writing modern, agile, cloud-based solutions for proposals. 
• Ability to review, understand, and summarize RFP, RFI, and RFQ requirements.
• A solid history of successful writing and editing support for complex healthcare and/or defense proposals with Federal Government agencies, working in a remote environment.
• Ability to create original content using interview and research techniques with technical SMEs to gather information that supports proposal development and transforms that information into clear, concise, compelling proposal content.
• Ability to translate complex concepts and ideas into clear communications.
• Strong proposal writing and editing skills in Federal Government contracting.
• Strong knowledge of technical writing and editing best practices, working in a remote environment.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills. Ability to successfully work (in a lead or support role) to develop multiple proposals simultaneously in a fast-paced environment while ensuring responses meet the Company's standards.
• Ability to assimilate to large proposal teams with multiple partners and flex/adjust styles as needed depending on the audience, changing requirements, and needs.
• Ability to take direction as well as give direction.
• Expertise in Microsoft Office products, including Microsoft Office Suite to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint; and Adobe Acrobat
• Exceptional communication, writing, editing, and proofing skills.
• Passion to learn new ideas and concepts
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality work.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently under multiple deadlines and changing priorities to produce a large volume of high-quality material with attention to detail.

Desired Qualifications: 

• Preferred candidates with DoD and DHS experience 
• Previous experience in project or product management or as a business analyst.  

Working Environment: 

eSimplicity supports a hybrid work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager.  

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.   

Benefits:

eSimplicity offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional wellness and employee support programs. Eligibility may vary based on employment status and applicable plan terms.

Reasonable Accommodation:

eSimplicity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process. Applicants who need assistance or an accommodation should contact Human Resources.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

eSimplicity is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.